Nephrotic syndrome and Gram-negative sepsis in a patient with strongyloidiasis: A case report;Sindrome nefrosica e sepsi da Gram negativi in corso di strongiloidiasi: Considerazioni su un caso in immigrato immunocompetente

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-62

  Rotolo, Ugo ^a   Scarlata, Francesco ^b   Giordano, Salvatore ^b   Tortorici, Calogera ^a   Bono, Luisa ^a   Coglitore, Mario ^a   Faraci, Cesare ^a   Infurnari, Laura ^b   Rubino, Raffaella ^b   Romano, Amelia ^b  

^a ARNAS Civico   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Nephrotic syndrome; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PREDNISONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITALY; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; MALE; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISONE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 34248594156     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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